Combined raincoat and pocketbook



COMBINED RAINCOAT AND FOCKETBOOK Filed April 50, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 WZ'ZZar Z'Damrarz,

INVENTOR ATTORNEY Feb. 23, 1937. w DAMRON 2,072,030

COMBINED RAINCOAT AND POCKETBOOK Filed April 30, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ZZarZ'fiamwan,

ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 23, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,072,030 COMBINED RAINCOAT AND POCKETBOOK Wilbur Thomas Damon, Roanoke, Va.

Application April 30, 1936, Serial No. 77,259

4 Claims.,

The invention relates to garments and has for an object to provide a combined raincoat and pocketbook.

A further object is to provide an article of ladies wearingapparel of the above described type having pockets each carrying one-half of a slide fastener around the peripheral edge, the garment being adapted to be folded neatly between both pockets and the slide fastenerl then closed to confine and conceal the garment between the pockets which thereafter may be used as a pocketbook.

A further object is to provide a combined raincoat and pocketbook which will be so constructed that the pockets may be on the inside of the raincoat when the garment is worn or may be on the outside when the garment is worn according to the taste of the wearer.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. I

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the combined raincoat and pocketbook, constructed in accordance with the invention, and in use as a raincoat. Figure 2 is a front elevation of the raincoat looking from the inside thereof, the raincoat being in fiat condition preparatory to folding the shoulder portions and the skirt portions upon each other between the pockets.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the article showing the peripheral slide fastener of both pockets nearly closed and showing the garment folded in a neat bundle between the pockets preparatory to use of the article as a handbag or a pocketbook.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1 showing one of the pockets. I

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a modified form of invention in which the pockets are disposed on the inside of the garment rather than on the outside.

Referring now to the drawings in which like characters of reference designate similar parts in the various views, 10 designates a conventional raincoat formed of any desired material of sufll-i cient flexibility to be folded neatly in a small com- 55 pact bundle.

In carrying out one form of the invention a pair of patch pockets Ii and I2 are each provided with a marginal scam I! which carries a tape ll having on the peripheral edge one-half of a slide fastener l5. 'I'he'pockets are arranged opposite 5 each other on opposite sides of the front opening l6 of the garment below the waist line or belt II. This arrangement of the pockets permits of the pockets being disposed fiat upon each other with the garment folded therebetween, where- 10 upon the companionparts of the marginal slide fastener of both pockets may be closed to fasten the pockets together as a unit with the folded garment l0 confined in a neat compact bundle between them, as best shown in Figure 3. 15

In the form of the invention shown in Figure 1 each patch pocket is provided with double walls, as best shown in Figure 4, to promote stillness and there is a transverse slit in each pocket,'the edges of which are hemmed as shown at it and provided with tapes H which carry the mating or companion parts it of a slide fastener which when opened aifords access to the pocket and when closed seals the pocket when the garment is being worn as a raincoat. When the article is 25 folded as shown in Figure 3 with the garment between the pockets the article constitutes a pocketbook having a pocket on each side in which may be carried the usual female accessories.

To fold the garment for use of the'article as a 30 pocketbook, the garment may be laid fiat on some suitable surface, as best shown in Figure 2. The shoulder portion It may be then folded back upon itself toward the pockets it and i2, it being assumed that the pockets are on the outside of 35 the garment while the folding is done from the inside. The skirt portion 20 of the garment may now be folded upon itself and folded upon the folded shoulder portion to lie between the pockets ii and I2. Thereupon the material may be 40 grasped at a point midway between the pockets and folded, for example, upon the pocket I? in reverse folds whereupon the pocket It will be brought directly above and in registration with the pocket I 2. Thereupon the companion parts 45 ii of the marginal slide fastener of the pockets may be closed to confine the folded garment between the pockets in which condition the article becomes a handbag or a pocketbook.

In some instances the wearer will prefer to have 50 the pockets on the inside of the garment when the article is being worn as a raincoat. A form of the invention having the pockets so disposed is shown in Figure 5. j In this figure the garment 2| is provided with patch pockets 22 of the patch variety,

similar to the pocekts II and I2 exceptxthatetheyj' are disposed on the inside of the garment.

In this form of the invention a slit 2! is formed in the material of the garment itself to afford access to each pocket from outside of the garment. Each pocket is, as previously described, provided with the companion parts 24 of a slide fastener which, when the garment is folded between the pockets, may be closed to confine the garment in a neat compact bundle between the pockets. The slits thereupon are concealed and access is afforded to the pockets to permit the article being used as a pocketbook, by means of companion parts 25 of a slide fastener formed in the pocket itself as previously described.

While I have described the garment of the present invention as a raincoat, the scope of the invention is intended to include smocks, bathing suits, coats other than raincoats and, in fact, any article of wearing apparel which may be constructed and used as above described.

From the above description it is thought that the construction and operation of the invention will be fully understood without further explanation.

What is claimed is:

1. An article of wearing apparel having pockets, one pocket carrying one set of slide fasteners and the other carrying the cooperating set of slide fasteners, said sets being disposed around the entire peripheral edges of the pockets, said sets of fasteners being engaged when a carrying bag is formed, the remainder of the garment being folded and secured betweenthe pockets when the fasteners are so engaged.

2. A garment having patch pockets, each pocket pocket and the companion part secured to and extending all around the peripheral edge of the other pocket, said parts of the slide fastener being engaged when a carrying bag is formed, the remainder of the garment being folded and secured between the pockets when the parts of the slide fastener are so engaged.

3. A garment having patch pockets on the outside of double walled construction and provided with slide fastener closed entrance slits, and a slide fastener having its companion parts secured to and extending entirely around the peripheral edges of the pockets respectively, said companion parts being engaged when a carrying bag is formed, the remainder of the garment being folded and secured between the pockets when said companion parts of the slide fastener are so engaged.

4. A garment provided with patch pockets on the inside of double walled construction there being slits in the garment affording access to the pockets, slide fastener closed slits in the pockets affording access to the pockets, and a slide fastener having one companion part extending entirely around the.peripheral edge of one pocket and the other companion part extending entirely around the peripheral edge of the other pocket, said companion parts being engaged when a carrying bag is formed, the remainder of the garment being folded and secured between the pockets when said companion parts of the slide fastener are so engaged.

WIIBUR THOMAS DAMRON. 

